Kik Safety Tips for Users

Over the past seven years, we’ve loved working on Kik and turning it into the chat app you all use today. We think it’s awesome that you use Kik to connect with your IRL friends and the friends you meet online. As well as it being hugely important that you have a great experience on Kik, we also really care about you making the right choices to stay safe online.

Not really sure where to start? Well, here are a few things that we think could help.

1. Only chat with people you feel comfortable talking to. When someone first messages you on Kik, the message will appear in your ‘New Chats’ section and their profile picture will be blurred. Any content that user sends to you will also be blurred. If something about what they sent makes you uncomfortable, you can ignore or block them right from the chat.

2. Keep your personal info private. Making new friends online is definitely something we support. But it might not be the best idea to share personal information with them, like your address, phone number, or password. So keep it to yourself 👍

3. Speaking of passwords, choose a secure one. Useupper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. Maybe write your password down somewhere secret so you don’t forget it 😉

4. Block people you don’t want to have any more contact with.If you’ve been chatting with another user and you decide you don’t want to talk to them anymore, or they start to make you feel uncomfortable (😒), you can block them from ever contacting you again.

5. If something bad happens, speak up.Unfortunately, receiving unwanted messages is a risk with any communications platform. You can always report anything inappropriate that happens on Kik to our support team, and we’ll do our best to address the issue right away.

6. Use your best judgment. It’s up to you who you chat with, and we know you guys are smart. Go with your gut – if you think sending something is a bad idea, you’re probably right. If you don’t want to chat with someone anymore, you don’t have to 💁